Bletchleyite
Veteran Member
In relation to this reply on the "missed bits of infrastructure" thread:
That I didn't know, I thought it had long been a through service, even if the actual "NorthWest Express" branding was a "shadow franchise" thing and only dates back to about 1995 or so.
When did through services onto the Windermere branch start, and in what form?
There was no such thing as the NorthWest Express network when WCML electrification reached Oxenholme. It would have been a multiple unit shuttle just on the branch. Indeed, even in the 1980s it was a unit sent over from Newcastle (ie 143 rather than 142) that ran on the branch. I guess the point is that the electrification from Weaver Junction northward in the 1970s was a bit less comprehensive than that south of there and no one planned using 304s on the branch.
That I didn't know, I thought it had long been a through service, even if the actual "NorthWest Express" branding was a "shadow franchise" thing and only dates back to about 1995 or so.
When did through services onto the Windermere branch start, and in what form?